Residents want answers to city's handling of snow removal

8:52 PM,
Feb. 20, 2014

Most seats were taken during the City of Poughkeepsie's Common Council meeting Thursday night at City Hall, where people discussed a range of issues, including the recent snowstorm that forced the city into a state of emergency.

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City of Poughkeepsie residents want to know why city streets and sidewalks weren't cleared of snow in a timely fashion following last week's storm.

Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkazyik declared a state of emergency Sunday following the storm that dumped 21 inches of snow on the city Feb. 13-14. That gave him the authority to ask Dutchess County and private contractors for assistance in removing snow.

Michael Young, 32, of Barclay Street, said when he returned to Poughkeepsie last Friday following the snowstorm he found the eastbound arterial was one-lane wide and that Hamilton Street - a snow ...